‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Overture

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:13

You may think you've found a maiden (Osmin, Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Noel Mangin

2:34

The devil take you and your song, sir (Belmonte, Osmin)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Noel Mangin

4:18

There, I got rid of him (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Noel Mangin

0:31

These young men who go a-spying (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

5:06

Ouf! Thank God he's gone (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Nicolai Gedda

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:26

They're coming, sir, they're coming (Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:35

Always so sad, my beloved (Pasha Selim, Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, David Kelsey

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

5:43

Pasha Selim, I'll be your slave (Constanza, Pasha Selim, Pedrillo, Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Mattiwilda Dobbs, David Kelsey

2:44

March, march, march, off you go (Osmin, Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

2:21

Tra-la-le-ra, Tra-la-le-ra (Osmin, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

Noel Mangin, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:09

I'm going, but mark what I say (Osmin, Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:27

Señorita, try - try - not to lose hope (Blonda, Constanza, Pasha Selim)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, David Kelsey, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

David Kelsey, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

John Fryatt, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Noel Mangin

1:32

Here's to Bacchus, long live Bacchus (Pedrillo, Osmin)

John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

2:01

What do you say, brother Osmin? (Pedrillo, Osmin, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Noel Mangin

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:53

Ah, Belmonte, ah my dear one! (Constanza, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs

2:54

And yet within my heart (Belmonte, Constanza, Pedrillo, Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

2:00

I will. Ah, blame me not… (Belmonte, Pedrillo, Conztanza, Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Nicolai Gedda

1:35

If men mistrust our honour (Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:33

Love, only love, can now direct me (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:36

Ah, Pedrillo! Is everything well? (Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt

3:01

Look,she's opening the window (Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Osmin, Constanza)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Noel Mangin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Håkan Hardenberger

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

3:25

What does all this mean? (Pasha Selim, Osmin, Constanza, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs, David Kelsey, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs

3:02

Guards! Bring in the two slaves! (Osmin, Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Pasha Selim

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, David Kelsey, John Fryatt, Noel Mangin

2:36

Your noble mercy passes measure (Belmonte, Constanza, Blonda, Pedrillo, Osmin)

John Fryatt, Nicolai Gedda, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

2:47

The nobelman despises vengeance (Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composer
Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin

Conductor
Noel Mangin

Bass Guitar, Bass
Nicolai Gedda

Tenor

Ronald Kinloch Anderson

Producer
Neville Boyling

Engineer
George Hall

Liner Notes
Reg Wilson

Photography
David Farrell

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Godfrey MacDomnic

Photography
Sean Coleman

Graphic Design
Bill Cooper

Photography

Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Yehudi Menuhin

Noel Mangin

Nicolai Gedda

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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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